Archive for the 'Bomballa' Category

Tutorial – dyeing Bomballa for a Clapotis

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

At the Sock Summit, one of our most popular yarns was Bomballa, mainly because people could see and feel this Clapotis that was knitted with Bomballa.

Because Bamboo is a cellulose fibre, it must be dyed with dyes that are designated as being suitable for cotton.  It is easy to achieve a subtle variegation on Bomballa [...]

July Sale now on

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

In our Ebay retail store we have 25% off all single cones of yarn during July! We are clearing space for our new Fall stock, and have slashed our already low prices. The sale lasts all July, and more cones will go up as the month progresses!

Bomballa – 100% Bamboo

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

 
Bomballa is our 100% Bamboo double knitting yarn that drapes beautifully, and is wonderfully cool, and ideal for summer knitting.  We are currently making a store sample from Kate Gilbert’s Camellia (swatches soon!), and will be interested to see how the excellent drape works with that pattern. Being 100% Bamboo, the yarn needs fiber reactive dyes to [...]